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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1916
Page
3
Two Lynn patrolmen with drawn pistols confronted three burglars looting a Central square office just after midnight. Citizens alerted police to gunmen at 10 Central square. Gannon and Phillips entered the building and found the men rummaging in the cabinet of valuable instruments.
A scholarship for bearers of the Murphy name at Harvard College is expected to increase the Celtic surname's presence at Cambridge university.
The late William S. Murphy a Boston Custom House clerk left a will valuing his estate at 40000 to Harvard College. A Harvard alumnus class of 8, he died at 60 Pinckney Street in the West End aged 54. He wished to aid worthy students bearing his family name.
A communal committee of fifteen prominent Boston Jews was appointed to represent the Jewish people in all questions affecting them. The body will advocate uplift of citizenship, protection of the Jewish community, and elimination of misrepresentation.
A five member subcommittee under Temple Israel and Jewish Men's Club appoints a 15 member group to plan communal activities. The roster includes Dr. Louis Arkin Louis Brandeis Judge A K Cohen and several business and religious leaders. The group meets January 18 at the Boston City Club to set plans. It aims to protect Jewish students from holiday attendance penalties and oversee community events while preventing unauthorized speakers.
Boston University College of Business Administration announces ten new second semester courses starting Feb 7. Courses include first year commercial Spanish by Zuazaga and Ortiz, foreign trade by Dean Lord, psychology of business by Emil Wilm, two on mail order advertising, advertising copy writing by Bellaty, and first year accounting by George W. MacDow. Total department enrollment reached 630, up 252 from last year.
Leo Ornstein’s third in a six recital series at Steinert Hall drew a filled audience that praised his brilliant technique yet deemed much of the program unmitigated rubbish. The Jungle suite by Cyril Scott was called vapid, and the Dwarf suite by Ornstein was accused of exaggeration. Debussy pieces were dissected and lacked the desired elusive quality.
The Ford peace expedition selects next Thursday to elect five American members of the Permanent Peace Board. Delegates from neutral states will elect the same number. The Hague or Stockholm may become headquarters. Bryan, Addams, and Ford are regarded as certain. Taft, Jordan, and Rabbi Wise also named. Delegation proceeds to Amsterdam Wednesday.
The Apollo Club presented its second concert of the season at Jordan Hall with the American String Quartet. They performed Buck's On the Sea and Wagner's The Troubadour's Serenade, Lang's The Maiden and the Butterfly, and Alcock's Music When Soft Voices Die. The quartet offered Gliere Theme With Variations and Grieg Romance, plus Cooke's Strike Strike the Lyre. Miss Marshall played violin on Saar Cradle Song. Mollenhauer conducted and Dr. Davidson played organ.
Stefansson is in the Arctic night of the north as the next Sunday Post Magazine features a double page of pictures and a read about the explorers.
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